After Derek was fired, he faced criminal charges for causing a disturbance at the head office and defaming others. Not only was he hit with a massive compensation claim for damages to reputation, he was also held in administrative detention for a full 15 days.
By the time he stumbled out of the detention center with unkempt hair and a face full of stubble, news of the North District project's collapse had already spread across the industry.
The scandal of his approval bypass authorizing Chloe, and the incompetence that led to catastrophic losses, had become the laughingstock of the business circle.
Everyone could finally see the truth: the once-untouchable President of the Eastbridge Division was nothing without me.
He sent out hundreds of résumés, but not a single one received a respo
